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Lance Corporal FRANCIS EDWARD LEDWIDGE

Service Number: 16138
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY

II. B. 5.

Belgium

Poets connected with the 1st World War: headstone of Lance Corporal F E Ledwidge in Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium

Photographer: Unknown

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick and Anne Ledwidge, of Slane, Co. Meath. A prolific poet noted for his pastoral pieces about Ireland; his last poems made subtle reference to war.
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Buried or commemorated at

ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1307
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